A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.